US – ISRAEL COOPERATION AS A PERMANENT DESTABILIZING FACTOR IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the analysis of the problems of ensuring regional security in the Middle East, primarily through the settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict; the author emphasizes the Israel’s abuse of references to “military necessity”, Israel’s repeated violations of international legal norms related to the institute of occupation, issues of territorial delimitation, peaceful settlement of international disputes, law of external relations, international humanitarian law and international human rights law, as well as actual political, military, financial and moral support from the United States for all actions of Israel; the article provides a list of arguments proving Israel’s unwillingness to take into account the interests of Palestine in the settlement of the conflict, as well as the interest of Israel and the United States in maintaining the confrontation between Israel and Palestine; a special attention is paid to the review of the history of close cooperation (partnership) between the United States and Israel, due to which the United States is unable to be an impartial and fair arbiter in the dispute between Palestine and Israel.